BB reader Guido D. Núñez-Mujica says,
Given that BoingBoing has posted a bit ago the Indian ID project, I saw this and thought to send it: a sad, outrage-inducing story about how the indigenous Wayuu people in
northern Colombia were mocked, and received ID names like
"Cosita Rica" and "Tarzán," and how the registrar still refuses to admit
the responsibility of its bureaucrats.
Above: an indigenous man whose name was recorded as "pig-headed." Below, another whose name was recorded as "drunk guy." More here (Spanish), and here is an English language version of the story.
Not cool.
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